Only 5 residents participated in the workshop; two were city officials from East Liverpool; two landlords and one tenant. Tom Snow, director of Columbiana Metropolitan Housing Authority was a host and co presenter.

Questions and Discussion

Tenant screening: Don Eager covered the issues around tenant screening: screen for behaviors not tenant characteristics. Have your criteria set before you take applications.

Advertising: describe the property, not the prospect that you are looking for.

Is a rent difference automatically discriminatory? Consider if the difference based on a protected class or a difference in the features of the rental unit.

Your feedback

Both session were very informative. I wish more people would have
attended, but I never saw anything in the newspaper about it or any
advertising about it. It was by chance our office found out about it.The East Liverpool Landlord Education Class has been developed to provide landlords withinformation that will help them have a successful relationship with their tenants.

Funding
for this workshop is provided under grants from the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development.